Valmo Kriisa

Valmo Kriisa
Personal information
Born	18 May 1974 (age 50); Pärnu, Estonia
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1990–2017, 2022
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Number	7
Career history
1990–1997	Tartu
1997–2000	Nybit
2000–2001	Södertälje BBK
2001–2003	Tallinna Kalev
2003–2006	Hanzevast Capitals
2006–2009	Kalev/Cramo
2009–2010	Rakvere Tarvas
2010–2011	TTÜ/Kalev
2011–2012	Rakvere Tarvas
2012–2015	University of Tartu
2015–2017	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits
2022	Tallinna Kalev
Career highlights and awards
	4× Estonian League champion (2002, 2003, 2009, 2015); Dutch League champion (2004); 7× Estonian Cup winner (1998, 2001, 2006–2008, 2013, 2014); Dutch Cup winner (2005); Estonian Player of the Year (2007); Estonian League MVP (2010); Estonian League Best Defender (2007); 2× Estonian League First Team (2007, 2010); 2× Estonian League All-Star (2004, 2007);

Valmo Kriisa (born 18 May 1974) is an Estonian former professional basketball player.

Career

Kriisa played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. Kriisa started his senior club career with "KK Tartu" team (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) in 1990 and after 96–97 season he moved to "Nybit". He spent the 2000–01 season in Sweden with Södertälje BBK.

Kriisa then returned to Estonia, signed for two seasons with "BC Kalev" and won the Estonian Championship titles in 2002 and 2003. On seasons 2003–2006 he played for the Dutch Eredivisie team Hanzevast Capitals. During this period he won the Dutch Championship in 2004. After three seasons in The Netherlands, Kriisa came back to Estonia and joined BC Kalev/Cramo. He spent three seasons with Kalev winning one Estonian Championship. In 2007 he was named the Estonian Basketball Player of the Year.

Kriisa spent the 2009-10 season with BC Rakvere Tarvas helping the team to the Estonian league finals for the first time. Though Tarvas lost to Tartu Ülikool/Rock, Kriisa was named the KML Most Valuable Player. In the 2010-11 season Kriisa played for TTÜ/Kalev.

Beginning in 1995, Kriisa was a member of the Estonia men's national basketball team and was also a member of the Estonian EuroBasket 2001 squad.

Personal life

He is the father of Kerr Kriisa, who has played U.S. college basketball at the University of Arizona and West Virginia University and will play his final season of college basketball in 2024–25 at the University of Kentucky.

Honours

Club

Nybit

Estonian Basketball Cup: 1998

Tallinna Kalev

Korvpalli Meistriliiga: 2001–02, 2002–03
Estonian Basketball Cup: 2001

Hanzevast Capitals

Dutch Basketball League: 2003–04
Dutch Cup: 2005

Kalev/Cramo

Korvpalli Meistriliiga: 2008–09
Estonian Basketball Cup: 2006, 2007, 2008

University of Tartu

Korvpalli Meistriliiga: 2014–15
Estonian Basketball Cup: 2013, 2014

Individual

Estonian Basketball Player of the Year: 2007
KML Most Valuable Player: 2010
KML Best Defender: 2007
All-KML First Team: 2007, 2010
KML All-Star: 2004. 2007

External links

Profile at basket.ee
Profile at bbl.net